The Babes of Wrath become the inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions. Kendal Grey conquers the Iron Survivor Challenge. Red Velvet beats Mercedes Moné at ROH Final Battle. Orsi chats with WrestleZone and more!
Babes of Wrath Take AEW Women’s Tag Titles
The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron) made history this week as they defeated The Timeless Love Bomb to become the inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions.
Nightingale and Cameron’s journey to championship gold began with an upset victory over Mercedes Moné and Athena — the AEW TBS and ROH Women’s World Champion, respectively — in the tag title tournament’s opening round. From there, the Babes of Wrath bested the Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue) to cement their spot in the finals. Storm and Shirakawa solidified theirs by beating Riho and Alex Windsor, then Marina Shafir and Megan Bayne.
In the closing moments of the tournament finals, Nightingale suplexed Storm on the outside floor, leaving Cameron and Shirakawa to fight back and forth in the ring. Cameron eventually gained the upper hand when she countered the Glorious Driver and drove Shirakawa into the mat. With Shirakawa dazed, Nightingale then followed with a Babe with the Powerbomb for the match-winning pinfall.
Afterward, Nightingale and Cameron celebrated by proudly raising their AEW Women’s Tag Team Championships. Meanwhile, Shirakawa and Storm were left disappointed, but determined to pursue the titles again.
“The title of the first-ever champion is something that will be remembered forever,” Shirakawa wrote on X. “I wanted us to be the ones to make that history. I always fall just one step short of reaching the belt. But I’ll face this pain head-on, and Toni and I will definitely take that championship. Never give up.”
Kendal Grey Conquers The NXT Iron Survivor Challenge
A new number contender for the NXT Women’s Championship emerged at WWE NXT Deadline, but not without a close fight.
For the fourth year in a row, five women competed in the Iron Survivor Challenge, with the winner earning a future shot at the NXT Women’s Championship. This 2025 field consisted of: Lola Vice, Sol Ruca, Jordynne Grace, Kelani Jordynne, and Kendal Grey.
Heading into the final 60 seconds of the 25-minute affair, all five women were tied with two falls each. Seeing this, Ruca tried scoring a third for herself by planting Vice with a Sol Snatcher, then rolling her into the ring. Before Ruca could capitalize, though, Kelani burst out of the nearby penalty box and kicked her damaged knee. With Vice lying in the ring, Kelani then descended upon her with a 450 Splash.
Like Ruca, Kelani was unable to secure another fall as Grace launched herself onto top of her. While Grace and Kelani brawled on the outside afterward, Grey escaped the penalty box to deliver a jumping flatliner on Vice for her match-winning third fall.
Looking ahead, Grey will challenge Jacy Jayne for the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT New Year’s Evil on January 6. Grey will have Wren Sinclair in her corner; Jayne arrives with her Fatal Influence stablemates, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid.
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Red Velvet Upsets ‘The CEO’ At ROH Final Battle
Last month, Mercedes Moné bested Red Velvet to become the Undisputed Ring of Honor Women’s Television Champion. Unfortunately for “The CEO,” that added label as “undisputed” didn’t last very long.
At ROH Final Battle, Moné and Velvet met in a rematch, with the Ring of Honor Women’s Television Championship on the line. Similar to their previous encounter, Moné seemed poised to win when she locked Velvet in the Statement Maker. Velvet, however, suddenly reversed the submission into a match-winning roll-up that not only surprised Moné, but also the fans watching at home. With it, Velvet officially reclaimed the title, cementing herself as the first-ever two-time ROH Women’s Television Champion.
Elsewhere at Final Battle, Deonna Purrazzo and Billie Starkz collided in the finals of the ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament. Purrazzo advanced to the finals after Queen Aminata forfeited due to a neck injury; Starkz overcame Yuka Sakazaki in the semi-finals to secure her respective spot. In the end, it was Purrazzo who emerged victorious, courtesy of the Venus De Milo submission.
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INTERVIEWS
“The Hungarian Fire” Orsi spoke with WrestleZone’s Ella Jay about her long journey in and out of the wrestling business, partaking in a national second division powerlifting competition, getting a degree in public health inspection, returning to the wrestling ring in 2025, her comeback match against Millie McKenzie, competing in WXW’s 2025 Femme Fatales tournament, working with Ava Everett, her adventures wrestling in the United States, visiting WWE HQ, and more.
WWE Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green sat down with Chris Van Vliet to discuss winning the Women’s US Tile for a second time, being paired up with Ethan Page in NXT and why they work so well together, her husband Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder) recently making a return to WWE, her infamous dumpster match, being featured on Unreal, the pitch to have her win the Royal Rumble, and more.
Former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair joined Trading Secrets to talk about opens up about growing up during the height of her dad’s career, what life looked like between graduation and joining NXT, the pivotal role her brother played in getting her to NXT, how she stays true to herself as Ashley while portraying the opposite version of herself as Charlotte, what the WWE Unreal episode revealed about her injury, and more.
AEW star Mina Shirakawa appeared on AEW Unrestricted to talk her surprise debut saving Mariah May in borrowed gear, adjusting from Japan’s quiet, focused crowds to America’s loud, expressive audiences, finding out about major matches with Mercedes Moné and Toni Storm hours before showtime, how her rivalry with Toni transformed into the Timeless Love Bombs, what winning he ROH Women’s World TV Title meant to her, and more.
WWE star Lash Legend chatted with Denise Salcedo about her WWE main roster call-up, competing in Women’s WarGames at Survivor Series, her journey to signing with WWE, the real story behind her relationship with Trick Williams, her new partnership with Nia Jax, what’s next for her WWE career, and more.
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Maxxine Dupri talked with the Battleground Podcast about her shocking win over Becky Lynch at Madison Square Garden, her evolution from Maximum Male Models to Alpha Academy to championship gold, training under Natalya, the future of the Women’s Intercontinental Title, whether that Dupri family link with LA Knight could return to TV, and more.
